Railway-tie and rail-chair.



G. H. SHANE.

RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1914.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

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G. H. SHANE. RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED FEB.16, 1914.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

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GEORGE H. SHANE, 01? DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO THE STEEL RAILWAY TIE AND APPLIANCE COMPANY, OF DENVER, COLORADO, A CORPORATION OF GOLD-- RADO.

RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent. P t t 11, 19

Application filed February 16, 1914. Serial No. 818,831.

useful Improvements in Railway-Ties and Rail-Chairs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form cation.

My invention relates to improvements in railway ties and rail chairs, whereby the track rails are secured to the ties.

In my improvement the ties have the shape of I-beams, and the chair members are provided. with depending flanges adapted to engage the tops of the ties on opposite sides, the said flanges extending below the top and being connected by bolts passing through the flanges and the web of the tie. These rail chair members, above the tie, embrace the track rails on opposite sides. The flanges of the chair members, or parts thereof, engage recesses formed in the opposite flanges of the top of the tie.

A number of different forms of the con struction are illustrated in the drawing in order to indicate that the construction is not limited to any particular or exact form of construction except so far as the general idea is concerned. 1

Having briefly outlined my improved construction, I will proceed todescribe the same in detail, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawing, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In this drawing, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a pair of ties, illustrating my improved construction, the same being shown in connection with track rails. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation, looking in the direction of arrow 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4:4:, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the rail chair members. Fig.

6is an underneath view of the same. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of one of my improved ties. Fig. 8 isa fragmentary view of one of the ties, shown on a larger scale. In this view a slightly different form of construca part of this specifi tion is illustrated. Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the form of tie and rail chair illustrated in Figs. 8 and 10. Fig. 10 is an underneath view of one of the rail chair members shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a top plan view of still another form of construction, the track rail being indicated by dotted lines.- Fig. 12 is a fragmentary top plan view of still another form of my im proved tie. Fig. 13 is a perspective view in detail of a rail chair member of the construction shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 1a is a fragmentary slde view, showing a tie of the construction illustrated in Fig. 12, and rail chair members of the construction illustrated in Fig. 13. In this view the track rail is indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 15 is a view similar to Fig. 11, but showing still another modification. Fig. 16 is a perspective view of a rail chair member of the construction illustrated in 15. I

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views. Referring first more particularly to Figs .1 to 7, inclusive, let the numeral 5 designate a railway tie which is preferably composed of metal and has the shape of an I-beam. As

illustrated in the drawing, the. bottom flanges 6 extending on opposite sides of the web? aresomewhat longer than the corresponding top flanges 8 of the structure. The top flanges, as shownin this form of construction, are provided on opposite sides with recesses 9 adapted to receive lugs 10 pro ect1ng downwardly from the under surface of rail chair members 12 which are also provided with depending flanges 13 which.

extend below and outside of the lugs 10. These flanges also embrace the top flanges of the tie on opposite sides, and extend below the same, their lower portions having perforations l l adapted to receive bolts 15 which are also passed through registering openings 16 formed in the web 7 of the tie. These bolts are secured by nuts 17. The rail chair members in this form of construe tion have floor parts 18 which extend transverselyof the tie and are engaged by the under surface of the flanges 19 of the base of the track rail 20. Above the floor part 18 is a rail-flange-engaging part 21 whose lower surface 22 engages the upper surface of the flange 19 of the rail while a verticalpart 23 engages the web 24 of the rail. These two rail chair members which embrace the rail 10 -place against possible lateral movement.

With this construction it is impossible for the rails to spread, since the rail chairs are tightly secured to the ties, not only by the bolts 16, but also by the lugs 10 which are fitted into the recesses 9 of the top flanges oi" the tie.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 8 to 10, inclusive, instead of open recesses 9, recesses or openings 25 are'fo'rmed in the flanges 8 of the tie, being located. between the outer edges of the flanges and the web. Hence, the only difference between this form and that shown in Figs..1 and 7 is that the recesses 25 are closed on all sides, while the recesses 9 are open on one side. The rail chair members for use with this form of construction have lugs 26 arranged to fit the openings 25, the lugs being spaced from the depending flanges 13 of the rail chair member to correspond with the space between the openings 25 and the outer edges of the flanges 8 of the tie which the depending flanges 13 of the rail chairmembers engage. this construction is precisely the same as that shown in Figs. 1 to 7, inclusive.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. '11, 12, and 13, instead of-a number p of recesses 9 formed in the flanges 8 of the tie on opposite sides, a single elongated recess 27 1S employed. These recesses 27 are arranged on opposite sides of the top ofthe tie, and are of suflicient length to receive depending flanges 28 of rail chalr members 29 of the construction shown in Fig. 13. In other words, these' flanges 28 of each member 29 have a width equal to half the length of the recesses 27, so that y when the two members are assembled in conne'ction with the track rail and the tie, the

4 flanges 28 of the two members exactly fill the recesses. 27 of the tie in this form of construction. The flanges 23 of each mem- ';ber 29 are connected by a floor'piece 30,

the two floorpieces of the two members forming a support for the track-rail and being of the same width as the base of the rail. From the outer edges of these floor pieces, rail-flange-engaging parts 31 are provided. These rail chair members are bolted to the tie in substantially the same manner as in the forms of constructionheretofore employedthat is to say, each flange 28 'is provided .with a perforation 32 adapted to receive a bolt 33 which also passes through the web 7 of the tie, the bolts being'secured by nuts 34.

In the form-of construction shown in 35 are provided with depending flanges 36 made somewhat longer than the cor- In other respects responding flanges of the form of construction shown in Fig. 13. Inother words, the flanges 36 crztend beyond the rail-flangee'nga'ging member 37 and are connected beyond said member by a transverse part 38 3 Furthermore, the inner extremities of the flanges,.or the portions locatedunder- 'neath the part 38, are not connected by a floor piece as shown in the other forms of construction. The flanges36 are adapted toenter elongated openings formed in th e top flanges 8 of the tie, said openings being double the length of a flange 36, so that the two flanges of the two rail chair members just fill the opening.

From the foregoing description the use of my improved construction will'be read ily understood, and neednot be explained further in detail. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination of a tie, including a web and top flanges extending in opposite directions therefrom, the said flanges hav-v ing recesses, a railchair composed of two companion members having depending flanges adapted to engage and extend below the top of the tie on opposite sides, the chair members having lugs adapted to enter said recessesin the top flangesv of the tie, and bolts passing through the-flanges of the chair members and the Web of thetie, the chair members havingparts engaging the .base o'fthe rail above the tie and on opposite sides.

2. The combination of'atie having a vertically disposed web and top and bottom flanges extending therefrom on opposite sides, rail chair members having parts extending above the tie, which embrace the rail on opposite sides, flanges extending below the top of the tie and embracing the top flanges of the latter on opposite sides,

the rail chair members having floor pieces which connect the: depending flanges and extend underneath the track rails, the floor pieces having depending lugs and the top flanges of the tie havingrecesses adapted to receive saidlugs, and suitable means engaging the flanges ofthe chair members and the web of the tie for securing the chair members and'tie inthe assembled relation, substantially as described. 'i

3. The combination of directions therefrom, the said flanges having their edges recessed, a rail chair composed of two companion membe rs' having through the flanges of the chair members and the web of the tie,,for the purpose set:

forth;

4;. The combination ofa tie, includingla a tie,- including a web and top flanges extend ng in opposite 1,106,415 3 Web and flanges extending from the top which engage the base of thetrack rails on 10 thereof in opposite directions, and rail chair opposite sides. members having depending flanges, the In testimony whereof I aflix my signature edges of the top flanges of the tie on oppoin presence of two Witnesses. site sides having recesses therein Which the flanges of the chair members engage, Where- GEORGE SHANE by the rail chair members are locked against Witnesses:

longitudinal movement on the tie, the rail LENA DILLMAN,

chair members having parts above the tie A. EBERT OBRIEN.

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